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Normalization and its relevance today.

¹Division TEACCH, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

|September 1, 1990

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The normalization principle, once effective for developmental disability services, now polarizes issues due to vague criteria and a focus away from individual client needs. New guiding concepts are needed for better community-based support.

Area of Science:

Social Sciences
Disability Studies
Public Policy

Background:

The normalization principle historically guided community-based services for individuals with developmental handicaps.
Past successes focused on transitioning from institutions to individualized community care.
Current challenges in developmental disability services are more complex than in the past.

Purpose of the Study:

To critically evaluate the contemporary effectiveness of the normalization principle in developmental disability services.
To identify the reasons for the polarization of issues surrounding the normalization principle.
To propose the need for alternative guiding concepts for community-based support.

Main Methods:

Qualitative analysis of the normalization principle's application in current practice.

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Review of theoretical versus practical outcomes.

Examination of critiques and limitations of the normalization principle.

Main Results:

The normalization principle's effectiveness has diminished, with theory often exceeding practice.
Vague criteria and unattainable goals contribute to its limitations.
The principle can detract from individual client needs, discourage diversity, and promote an undesirable value system.

Conclusions:

The normalization principle, in its current application, has become problematic for developmental disability services.
There is a need to move beyond the normalization principle towards new frameworks.
Future approaches must be clearer, more client-centered, and aligned with beneficial value systems.